6.3 million people vaccinated already - brilliant!

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This is a continuation of the previous thread, www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4129412-1-5-million-people-vaccinated-already-brilliant

6,353,321 people in the UK have now received their first dose of the vaccine - that’s 1 in every 8.3 adults. It’s a truly remarkable achievement to have reached so many people in such a short space of time.

Welcome to the new thread and let’s keep the positive vibes going!

So ginger and cave have you stopped yacking yet? Can I now say YAY

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I think that’s great news. Some of my family members have been vaccinated recently because of their high risk jobs and they were told that they’ll have the second dose within three months.

What I’m concerned about is homeless people, people in hostels/refuges, kids in care homes, asylum seekers, refugees, runaways etc. How do they get their vaccinations? I’m assuming through their GP surgery, but that’s if they’re registered to one?

I didn't realise the live tracker is somewhat out.. It was tracking on course for 10m today but adjusted downwards after official statistics released.

I know in London the refugees are normally helped by charity that register them with a GP

Kids in care homes with also be under a GP

The homeless, illegal immigrants or runaway are probably an issue. Anyone that is living below the radar really.

There was a newspaper article about a GP practice that had vaccinated all their local homeless. They got a lot of flack for it too because not on the priority list.

@ExitChasedByABear

I think that’s great news. Some of my family members have been vaccinated recently because of their high risk jobs and they were told that they’ll have the second dose within three months.

What I’m concerned about is homeless people, people in hostels/refuges, kids in care homes, asylum seekers, refugees, runaways etc. How do they get their vaccinations? I’m assuming through their GP surgery, but that’s if they’re registered to one?

Our GP has links with the local soup kitchen - drop in centre and will allow patients to register using that as their address. And they class street homeless patients as vulnerable, so they are vaccinating them (it isn’t all that many patients, lots of people were moved into hostels in a big push last spring, so they all have “normal” addresses).

@Frazzled6

I didn't realise the live tracker is somewhat out.. It was tracking on course for 10m today but adjusted downwards after official statistics released.

Thats’s because yesterday’s figure was an estimate. It adjusts after the actual figures are released. The estimate is some kind of rolling average of the previous few days, so if there’s a poor day then it will be revised down. On the other hand, when there’s a stonkingly good day, it is revised up :-)

Tomorrow morning will start based on an estimate of how many doses have been done today, then adjust once the figures are releases, and so on.

Thanks @PuzzledObserver

There was a newspaper article about a GP practice that had vaccinated all their local homeless. They got a lot of flack for it too because not on the priority list.

Rough sleepers count as ECV - very high risk of complications/death. They also can’t really self-isolate, so when one person catches it, it will rapidly spread throughout the whole group. That GP practice was quite right to vaccinate them.

@Truelymadlydeeplysomeonesmum you're always welcome to interrupt. I was getting my knickers in a knot about not getting my 4pm fix 😂

@ExitChasedByABear that is a critical question especially about street sleepers. Maybe it's one that should be put forward through the 'ask the govt a question' on their briefings.

@ErrolTheDragon ah probably. I’ve been defining adults as over-18s, not over-16s!

Great news about today’s figure - especially considering it’s Monday. We’re comfortably over 9 million and heading for 10 - yay!

If we can continue at 2.6m doses per week, we should complete all of the stated priority groups* by around 8th April. (It's only in the last week that second doses would start to reduce the rate of first doses.)

(*Groups 1 to 9.)

Via: mobile.twitter.com/john_actuary/status/1356273456107708416

@CoffeeandCroissant 8th April - that’s fantastic!!!

So that's the highest Sunday total so far. 319,038 for the whole UK versus approx 220k for the previous 2 Sundays.

Onwards and upwards!

Great stuff!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 it’s incredible and tbh I’m glad to be British! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 We’ve done fantastic at rolling it out.

My granny has had both of her jabs and the other family members who are eligible but a bit younger have had their first.

Nearly 10 million people - incredible!

All of my 70 - 74 aged family members are being done this week 2 were done today, 2 tomorrow and 2 on Wednesday!

8th April? I was assuming it would be before the end of March!

Anyone who had first dose on 4th Jabuary ( ) needs their second dose no later than 29th March

[quote CoffeeandCroissant]If we can continue at 2.6m doses per week, we should complete all of the stated priority groups* by around 8th April. (It's only in the last week that second doses would start to reduce the rate of first doses.)

(*Groups 1 to 9.)

Via: mobile.twitter.com/john_actuary/status/1356273456107708416[/quote]
I would guess that 5-9 would go a bit more slowly as they'd have to factor in the 2nd jabs for 1-4 as well. Although if more vacc centres are opening it might be faster than I think!

The vaccination process really has been a resounding success, everyone involved is doing brilliantly.

We have lots of snow forecast tomorrow so some local vaccinations centres are closing until midday, hope the snow doesn't impact it too much. We have so many more centres opening up.

Finally some positivity 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I wonder how they’re going to roll out the vaccine to the rest of the population once Group 1-9 are done. I don’t know if they will continue to do it in age brackets to stop everyone coming forward at once.

@Changechangychange

There was a newspaper article about a GP practice that had vaccinated all their local homeless. They got a lot of flack for it too because not on the priority list.

Rough sleepers count as ECV - very high risk of complications/death. They also can’t really self-isolate, so when one person catches it, it will rapidly spread throughout the whole group. That GP practice was quite right to vaccinate them.

I think so too. Didn't know they count as cev. The media obviously didn't either.

Great numbers today.

First Sunday where vaccinations have gone over 300k!

Lowest reported deaths this year!

Lowest number of cases this year!

And my dad was vaccinated today.

First Sunday where vaccinations have gone over 300k!

Lowest reported deaths this year!

Lowest number of cases this year!

And my dad was vaccinated today.

The good news just keeps on coming!

@CaveMum

I wonder how they’re going to roll out the vaccine to the rest of the population once Group 1-9 are done. I don’t know if they will continue to do it in age brackets to stop everyone coming forward at once.

Been suggestions that they might target certain key workers first eg teachers, police. Makes sense to protect those in exposed roles other than healthcare. But sounds complicated because to my knowledge GPs don’t hold data on occupations.